The key point is what is going to be done about the IRS thuggery? Already, it has been announced that there will be no punishment. That carries the clear implication that the acts have the approval of the chain of command. And if something has the factual approval of the chain of command; it will be repeated by subordinates regardless of PR statements. In fact, the refusal to name names raises the possibility that those employees were rewarded/promoted for their actions.

Congressman Issa has said that there will be an investigation. But the power does not reside solely with him. Speaker Boehner has worked in the past to impede the Fast and Furious investigation and the Benghazi investigation because he did not want to put pressure on the White House. Until solid evidence of a real investigation comes about, it has to be assumed that this will be stifled by the Institutional Republican leadership as well.

One key point. Now that it is revealed, if there is no effective punishment, IRS misconduct becomes the new accepted norm. And it reinforces the ongoing acceptance of lawbreaking by the administration as the way business is done. Which changes both the relationship between the State and citizen/subjects and the legitimacy of the government.

Hey! How about us Chinese TEA Party members? I promise that I am an enemy of the regime. And if the lawsuit is via 42 USC 1983, it covers both individual and institutional damages. I want to see Buraq’s Bureaucrats’ starving in the streets with their families.

a-pol-o-gy
noun, plural a-pol-o-gies
1. What you do when you are caught doing something criminal, and seek to placate weak opposition leaders and a corrupt press, so as to be able to continue in your criminal behavior without interruption.